Tottenham are also after the 27-year-old QPR man, who is on loan at Newcastle.

But Remy will choose the Emirates over White Hart Lane. A source close to the player said: “If Arsenal want him that’s where he will go. Where else would a big fan of Thierry Henry want to go?”

Spurs would pay QPR’s asking price of £15million but they are unlikely to be offering Champions League football.

Remy’s loan spell at St James’ Park runs out at the end of the season and he wants his future sorted out before he heads for the World Cup with France.

Meanwhile, Newcastle and West Ham are monitoring Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson, now 22, and struggling to get a regular game. The ex-Charlton full-back’s future is tied to whether Bacary Sagna stays or goes.